Meanings
noungeneral practitioner (plural general practitioners)
plural general practitioners
- A physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education.
Near-synonyms: PCP, family doctor (broadly synonymous)
Synonyms: PCP, family doctor[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education.
Similar
PCPfamily doctor[Appendix:Glossary
More synonyms by meaning
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic طَبِيب عَامّ
- طَبِيب عَامّ (ṭabīb ʕāmm)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
Catalan metge de capçalera
- metge de capçaleraphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Chinese Mandarin 全科醫師 /全科医师, 普通醫師 /普通医师
- 全科醫師 /全科医师 (quánkē yīshī)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
- 普通醫師 /普通医师 (pǔtōng yīshī)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
- 家庭醫生 /家庭医生 (jiātíng yīshēng)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
- 一般科醫生 /一般科医生physician who provides primary care; family doctor
Czech praktický lékař
- praktický lékařphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Danish praktiserende læge
- praktiserende lægephysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Dutch huisarts
- huisartsphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Finnish yleislääkäri
- yleislääkäriphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
French médecin généraliste, médecin traitant
- médecin généralistephysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- médecin traitantphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- omnipraticienphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
German Allgemeinmediziner, Allgemeinmedizinerin
- Allgemeinmedizinerphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- Allgemeinmedizinerinphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- Hausarztphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- Hausärztinphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- Allgemeinarztphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- Allgemeinärztinphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Greek γιατρός
- γιατρός (giatrós)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
Hungarian általános orvos, háziorvos
- általános orvosphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- háziorvosphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Icelandic heimilislæknir
- heimilislæknirphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Indonesian dokter umum, dokter keluarga
- dokter umumphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- dokter keluargaphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Irish gnáthdhochtúir, dochtúir teaghlaigh
- gnáthdhochtúirphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- dochtúir teaghlaighphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Japanese 開業医, 家庭医
- 開業医 (kaigyōi)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
- 家庭医 (kateii)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
Polish lekarz rodzinny
- lekarz rodzinnyphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Portuguese clínico geral
- clínico geralphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Romanian generalist, generalistă
- generalistphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- generalistăphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- medic primarphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Russian врач о́бщей пра́ктики, терапе́вт
- врач о́бщей пра́ктики (vrač óbščej práktiki)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
- терапе́вт (terapévt)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
Scottish Gaelic dotair-teaghlaich
- dotair-teaghlaichphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Spanish médico de cabecera, médico de familia
- médico de cabeceraphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- médico de familiaphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Swedish allmänläkare
- allmänläkarephysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Thai แพทย์เวชปฏิบัติทั่วไป, แพทย์รักษาโรคทั่วไป
- แพทย์เวชปฏิบัติทั่วไป (pɛ̂ɛt-wêet-chá-bpà-dtì-bàt-tûua-bpai)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
- แพทย์รักษาโรคทั่วไป (pɛ̂ɛt-rák-sǎa-rôok-tûua-bpai)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
- แพทย์ทั่วไป (pɛ̂ɛt-tûua-bpai)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
Turkish aile doktoru, aile hekimi
- aile doktoruphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
- aile hekimiphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Ukrainian сіме́йний лі́кар
- сіме́йний лі́кар (siméjnyj líkar)physician who provides primary care; family doctor
Vietnamese bác sĩ đa khoa
- bác sĩ đa khoaphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Welsh meddyg teulu
- meddyg teuluphysician who provides primary care; family doctor
Cite this entry
APA
general practitioner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20practitioner
MLA
“general practitioner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20practitioner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “general practitioner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20practitioner.
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